A new version of Microsoft Teams for Windows available聽for all students and staff. The new app is faster, simpler, smarter, and more flexible than聽the聽classic version聽letting you launch the app and join meetings more quickly.聽
How do I start using the new Teams application?
You may have already noticed聽a聽slider聽in the upper-left corner of the current Teams app聽(see image below).聽Switch this on and you will be able to try out the聽new version聽of Teams.
What's changed?
The basics are still the same and everything that was in the old Teams application is now in the new Teams application but with enhanced features. Microsoft have been developing the application over several months and continue to tweak and update the features so it's not possible to give you a definitive list of all the changes. To help with this, when using the new Teams application, you may see prompts which highlight new features and provide a brief explanation.
Enhancements include*:聽
- Ability to switch聽channels, chats and聽join meetings more quickly聽
- Improved threaded conversations聽鈥� you no longer need to聽just聽reply to聽the聽original message in a chat you can select聽a聽specific comment you want to respond to聽by聽right clicking the comment聽and selecting聽鈥楻eply鈥櫬�
- Introduction of聽interactive emojis聽known as 鈥楾ogether emojis鈥�-聽with the first one being high fives!聽Simply send a high five emoji in a Teams chat and when a chat participant responds with another high five emoji the two will meet in the middle and give each other high fives聽
- 滨苍迟别驳谤补迟别诲听翱苍别顿谤颈惫别.聽For a seamless experience聽OneDrive has been added to the聽left-hand聽navigation聽menu.聽
Where to find more information
To find out more about the general enhancements visit the聽聽pages of the Microsoft聽website.聽You may also find this聽聽YouTube video聽useful. Or, if you would like more information on the new features you could follow the聽聽site聽which is regularly updated with the latest release notes.
Not ready to switch yet?
If you try聽new Teams and decide you're not quite ready to switch yet and need a little more time to get used to the changes, no聽problem.聽You can聽switch back to 鈥榗lassic鈥� teams at any time by turning off the聽slider聽titled 鈥楴ew Teams鈥� under settings (see image below).聽This function will be available until 31 March 2024 when聽Microsoft intend聽to make聽the聽new聽Teams聽app聽the default.
*New features and enhancements will only be available in the new version of Teams.
Questions?
If聽you聽have any questions about the聽new version聽of聽Teams,聽please contact the聽, phone (01202 9)65515 or freephone 0808 196 2332.
